# शीर्ष
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शीर्ष (śīrṣa). Doublet of सीस (sīs), which was inherited.

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʃiːɾʂ/, [ʃiːɾʃ]

### Noun

शीर्ष • (śīrṣ) m (Urdu spelling شیرش)
* head, apex, top
    सरकार में शीर्ष पद ― sarkār mẽ śīrṣ pad ― top posts in the government
* (geometry) vertex (of a triangle)

#### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शीर्ष”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শীৰ্ষ (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬷᬃᬱ (Balinese script)
* শীর্ষ (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰱𑰨𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀻𑀭𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
* ၐီရ္ၑ (Burmese script)
* શીર્ષ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ੀਰ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦷꦂꦰ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂲𑂩𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
* ಶೀರ್ಷ (Kannada script)
* ឝីឞ៌ (Khmer script)
* ຨີຣ຺ຩ (Lao script)
* ശീര്ഷ (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᡳᡳᡵᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘲𑘨𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠢᠢᠷᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧓𑧈𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐷𑐬𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
* ଶୀର୍ଷ (Odia script)
* ꢯꢷꢬ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆵𑆫𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖱𑖨𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
* ශීර්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩑𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚯𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
* ஶீர்ஷ (Tamil script)
* శీర్ష (Telugu script)
* ศีรฺษ (Thai script)
* ཤཱི་རྵ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒲𑒩𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨁𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥Hsá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥Hšá, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂-sō, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κάρα (kára), Old English hærn (whence English harns). Collateral to Vedic Sanskrit शीर्षन् (śīrṣán).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕiːɾ.ʂɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɕiːɾ.ʂɐ/

### Noun

शीर्ष • (śīrṣá) stem, n
* (anatomy) head, skull

#### Derived terms

* शीर्षासन (śīrṣāsana)
* मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣa)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Chilisso: [script needed] (šiš)
** Kalasha: ṣiṣ
** Kamkata-viri: ṣīṣ
** Phalura: ṣiṣ
** Shina: ݜݜ (ṣĭṣ), ݜیݜ (ṣīṣ), ݜںݜ (ṣĭ̃ṣu)
*** Indus Kohistani: ݜِݜ (šiš), شِش (ṣiṣ)
*** Kohistani Shina: ݜیݜو (ṣīṣo)
** Savi: ṣiṣ
* Pali: sīsa, sīsaka
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sissa), 𑀲𑀻𑀲 (sīsa)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sissa)
**** Baltic Romani: sīs
**** Braj: सीस (sīs)
**** Gujarati: શીસ (śīs)
**** Hindustani: sīs
***** Hindi: सीस
***** Urdu: سِیس (sīs)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: শীহ (xih)
**** Bengali: শীষ (śiś)
**** Bihari: सिस (sis)
***** Maithili: सीसा (sīsā)
**** Odia: ସୀସା (sisā)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: އިސް (is), އިހު (ihu)
**** Sinhalese: ඉහ (iha)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Konkani: śisaru
    Devanagari script: शिसरु (śisru)
    Latin script: xisoru
    Kannada script: ಶಿಸರು
**** Marathi: शीस (śīs), शींस (śīusa)
** Western:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Punjabi: sīs, sīsā
    Gurmukhi script: ਸੀਸ, ਸੀਸਾ
    Shahmukhi script: سِیس, سِیسَا
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: sisī
    Arabic script: سِسِي
    Devanagari script: सिसी

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “शीर्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1078.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sirsa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 724